Johnson Family Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][E]
[Am][E][Am]
[Dm][E][Am][E]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Born to a good father [Dm]I have no excuse
[E]I could say I blame someone b[Am]ut
what would [E]be [Am]the use
When I learn to travel [E]now
[Am]is w[Dm]hen I learn to steal
To [E]ride without a ticket now
[Am]along the [E]lines of steel
[Am]

[Verse 2]
[D]Oh you don't know the
[G]things I have seen
[C]Twenty years out on the road with
the [F]Johnson Fam[E]ily
[Dm]Oh y[D]ou don't know the
[G]cages I have seen
[C]Twenty years in and out of
the [F]Johnson Family

[Interlude 1]
[F][E]
[Am][Dm][E]
[Am][E][Am]

[Verse 3]
I'd [E]harnessed
[Am]stones and too[Dm]k them to the fen[Am]ce[Dm]
I [Esus4]found my [E]heart by moved the shop
and [Am]always [E]made [Am]the rent
When I met old George [E]now
[Dm]he showed me to the box
Fresh [E]out [Esus4]the night oh [E]from the
day now [Am]the money nev[E]er [Am]stops

[Verse 4]
[D]Oh you can't know the [G]cages I have seen
[C]In and out over the years of
[F]the Johnson Fam[E]ily
[D]Oh you can't know the
[G]troubles I have seen
[C]Twenty years out on the road with the [F]Johnson Family

[Interlude 2]
[E][Am][Dm][E]
[Am][E][Am]
[Dm][E][Am][D][G][C]
[F][E][Am][Em][E][Eb][E][Am][E][Am]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Call me [E]a thief [Am]and a liar now you
[Dm]know you would be right
[E]Straight as an arrow [Am]I sit her[E]e to[Am]night
All my [E]debts too [Am]heavy [E]boys
[Am]I cann[Dm]ot pay them down
I [E]pawn my [Em]watch and [E]take a walk
down [Am]to the se[E]a to drown
[Am]

[Verse 6]
[D]Oh you can't know the
[G]things I have seen
[C]Twenty [G]years out on [C]the road
with the [F]Johnson Fam[E]ily
[D]Oh you can't know the
[G]cages I have seen
[C]Twenty years out on the road
with the [F]Johnson Fam[E]ily